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Ballots have been counted and recounted for three weeks. The Pasco School District needed 60 percent of voters approval for bonds worth $99.5 million to build and remodel schools to relieve overcrowding.

Again, we've heard the age-old arguments that every vote counts? Yes, it does.

Walla Walla School District officials have released the results of a month-long survey and it appears their 2018 bond proposal is meeting with approval.

Largely because the city is struggling to keep up with it's rapidly growing population and growing school numbers, the Pasco School District will ask voters to approve a bond in November.

After the last effort to build new schools and refurbish others failed, Pasco voters might again be asked to pass a bond, perhaps as early as November.

By a percentage of 42 yes, but 58 no, Hermiston voters have rejected a $104 million dollar bond that would have corrected significant overcrowding problems in the city's grade schools, and other logistical issues.

The deadline is fast approaching, and Finley School District officials are hoping people just forgot to send in or drop off their ballots.

Finley School District officials will be holding their final public informational meeting about the proposed bond coming before voters on February 14th in a special election.

It will be one of the larger expansion projects for the Kennewick School District in a number of years, as the district has grown by over 2,000 more students.

After residents voted down a bond measure to improve Walla Walla schools, the delayed a similar bond to renovate the high school and has not said when another will be put before voters.